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Events

Kihachiro Kawamoto film season at the Cornerhouse, Manchester

5 to 7 April 2008

Born in 1925, Kihachiro Kawamoto is considered a living treasure in his home country of Japan, with over thirty years spent creating some of the world's most sublime and atmospheric stop motion animation. Having studied in Prague under Czech animator Jiri Trnka, who encouraged him to draw on his own country's rich cultural heritage, Kawamoto returned to Japan to make a series of painstakingly crafted masterpieces with their roots in Japanese legends and the theatrical forms of Kabuki, Noh and Bunraku theatre.

The Cornerhouse cinema in Manchester will be screening a number of Kawamoto's films from 5 to 7 April 2008 as part of the Watershed Kawamoto season national tour.

• Saturday 5 April 2008, 4:15pm : Demons, poets and priests - screenings of the following short films:
  • Self Portrait
  • The Demon (Oni)
  • House of Flame (Kataku)
  • To Shoot Without Shooting (Fusha No Sha)
  • Briar-Rose, or the Sleeping Beauty (Ibarahime Mata Manemurihime)
• Sunday 6 April 2008, 4:15pm : Absurdities, legends and fairy tales - screenings of the following short films:
  • Breaking Branches Is Forbidden (Hana-ori)
  • The Trip (Tabi)
  • A Poet's Life (Shijin No Shogai)
  • Anthropo-cynical Farce (Kenju Giga)
  • Dojoji Temple (Dojoji)
• Monday 7 April 2008, 6:30pm : The Book of the Dead (Shisha No Sho)

Ticket prices:

• Matinees (before 5:00pm):
  • Full : GBP 4.60
  • Concessions : GBP 3.30
• Evenings (from 5:00pm):
  • Full : GBP 5.70
  • Concessions : GBP 4.00

All details taken from the Cornerhouse web site and may be subject to change. See the Cornerhouse web site for full details.